The Employee Study and Training (Qualifying Period of Employment) Regulations 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/800
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employee Study and Training (Qualifying Period of Employment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 6th April 2010.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1996 Act ” means the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Section 2 Duration of employment

(1) For the purposes of section 63D(6) of the 1996 Act, in order to be a qualifying employee, an employee must have been continuously employed for a period of not less than 26 weeks.

(2) In paragraph (1), a period of continuous employment means a period computed in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 14 of the 1996 Act , as if that paragraph were a provision of that Act.